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Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)
Intro:
e|-------------------------------------------------------------------5-5-----|
B|-----------------------------------9h10p9-----------9----10--9--7--5-5-----|
G|-2--2-4--4-6--6-7--7--9h11p9-------------9-11-----11-----11--9--7--6-6-----|
D|----------------------------9----------------------------11--9--7----------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Verse 1:
Rhythm Guitar
It's such a pity...
e|-5------------3---------------3--2--------------5--5-----5---5-5-5-5-5----------|
B|-5------------3---------------3--2--------------7--7-----7---7-7-7-7-7----------|
G|-6------------4---------------4--2--------------7--7-----7---7-7-7-7-7----------|
D|-7------------5---------------5--4--------------7--7-----7---7-7-7-7-7----------| x2
A|-7------------5---------------5--4--------------5--5-----5---5-5-5-5-5----------|
E|-5------------3---------------3--2--------------x--x-----x---x-x-x-x-x----------|
Lead Guitar comes in on the second repeat
High and mighty....
e|-----5--5-----7--7------------|
B|-------5--------7-------------|
G|-4/6------6/8-----------------|
D|------------------------------|x2
A|------------------------------|
E|------------------------------|
Bridge:
It always looks backwards...
e|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--4---4-4-4-4-4-4-7---7-7-7-7-7-7--------------------------------------|
D|--4---4-4-4-4-4-4-7---7-7-7-7-7-7---4---4-4-4-4-4-4---7---7-7-7-7-7-7--|
A|--2---2-2-2-2-2-2-5---5-5-5-5-5-5---4---4-4-4-4-4-4---7---7-7-7-7-7-7--|
E|------------------------------------2---2-2-2-2-2-2---5---5-5-5-5-5-5--|
Pre-Chorus:
e|-14---14-14---14-14h15p14-14------16---16-16---16-16h17p16-16---12---------|
B|-15---15-15---15-15----15-15------17---17-17---17-17----17-17---14---------|
G|-14---14-14---14-14----14-14---14-16---16-16---16-16----16-16--------------|
D|-------------------------------14------------------------------------------|x2
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Chorus:
Go easy, you know it isn't worth the fight...
e|-0---------------------0--------------------0---------------------0----------------------------|
B|-10--------------------12-------------------10--------------------12-------10-10---9---7-------|
G|-11--------------------13-------------------11--------------------13-------11-11---9---7-------|
D|-12--------------------14-------------------12--------------------14-------11-11---9---7-------|
A|-0---------------------0--------------------0---------------------0----------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|-0---------------------0--------------------0---------------------0------------------------5-5-|
B|-10--------------------12-------------------10--------------------12-------10-10---9---7---5-5-|
G|-11--------------------13-------------------11--------------------13-------11-11---9---7---6-6-|
D|-12--------------------14-------------------12--------------------14-------11-11---9---7-------|
A|-0---------------------0--------------------0---------------------0----------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Verse 2:
*Rake across the muted strings in between each chord for this verse
I'm sorry for the way...
e|-5------------3---------------3---2--------------5---5-----5---5-5-5-5-5----------|
B|-5------------3---------------3---2--------------7---7-----7---7-7-7-7-7----------|
G|-6------------4---------------4---2--------------7---7-----7---7-7-7-7-7----------|
D|-7------------5---------------5---4--------------7---7-----7---7-7-7-7-7----------| x2
A|-7------------5---------------5---4--------------5---5-----5---5-5-5-5-5----------|
E|-5------------3---------------3---2--------------x---x-----x---x-x-x-x-x----------|
Bridge 2:
They always look backwards...
e|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--4---4-4-4-4-4-4-7---7-7-7-7-7-7--------------------------------------|
D|--4---4-4-4-4-4-4-7---7-7-7-7-7-7---4---4-4-4-4-4-4---7---7-7-7-7-7-7--|
A|--2---2-2-2-2-2-2-5---5-5-5-5-5-5---4---4-4-4-4-4-4---7---7-7-7-7-7-7--|
E|------------------------------------2---2-2-2-2-2-2---5---5-5-5-5-5-5--|
Pre-Chorus:
e|-14---14-14---14-14h15p14-14------16---16-16---16-16h7p16-16---12----------|
B|-15---15-15---15-15----15-15------17---17-17---17-17---17-17---14----------|
G|-14---14-14---14-14----14-14---14-16---16-16---16-16---16-16---------------|
D|-------------------------------14------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Chorus:
Go easy, you know it isn't worth the fight...
e|-0---------------------0--------------------0---------------------0----------------------------|
B|-10--------------------12-------------------10--------------------12-------10-10---9---7-------|
G|-11--------------------13-------------------11--------------------13-------11-11---9---7-------|
D|-12--------------------14-------------------12--------------------14-------11-11---9---7-------|
A|-0---------------------0--------------------0---------------------0----------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|-0---------------------0--------------------0---------------------0------------------------5-5-|
B|-10--------------------12-------------------10--------------------12-------10-10---9---7---5-5-|
G|-11--------------------13-------------------11--------------------13-------11-11---9---7---6-6-|
D|-12--------------------14-------------------12--------------------14-------11-11---9---7-------|
A|-0---------------------0--------------------0---------------------0----------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
This riff plays again over the end of the chorus
e|-----------------------------------------------5-5----------|
B|-------------------------------------10--9--7--5-5----------|
G|-2--2-4--4-6--6-7--7--9h11p9---------11--9--7--6-6----------|
D|----------------------------9--------11--9--7---------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------|
Breakdown:
e|-5-5---5---5-5-5---5---5-5-5-5-5------|
B|-5-5---5---5-5-5---5---5-5-5-5-5------|
G|-6-6---6---6-6-6---6---6-6-7-7-6------|
D|-7-7---7---7-7-7---7---7-7-7-7-7------|x2
A|-7-7---7---7-7-7---7---7-7-7-7-7------|
E|-5-5---5---5-5-5---5---5-5-5-5-5------|
Interlude:
No guitar - check out the excellent bass tab from user 2dirtysocks if you want to learn this bass part.
Bridge 3:
e|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--4---4-4-4-4-4-4-7---7-7-7-7-7-7--------------------------------------|
D|--4---4-4-4-4-4-4-7---7-7-7-7-7-7---4---4-4-4-4-4-4---7---7-7-7-7-7-7--|
A|--2---2-2-2-2-2-2-5---5-5-5-5-5-5---4---4-4-4-4-4-4---7---7-7-7-7-7-7--|
E|------------------------------------2---2-2-2-2-2-2---5---5-5-5-5-5-5--|
e|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--4---4-4-4-4-4-4-7---7-7-7-7-7-7--------------------------------------|
D|--4---4-4-4-4-4-4-7---7-7-7-7-7-7---4---4-4-4-4-4-4---5---5-5-5-5-5-5--|
A|--2---2-2-2-2-2-2-5---5-5-5-5-5-5---4---4-4-4-4-4-4---5---5-5-5-5-5-5--|
E|------------------------------------2---2-2-2-2-2-2---3---3-3-3-3-3-3--|
e|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--4---4-4-4-4-4-4-7---7-7-7-7-7-7--------------------------------------|
D|--4---4-4-4-4-4-4-7---7-7-7-7-7-7---4---4-4-4-4-4-4---7---7-7-7-7-7-7--|
A|--2---2-2-2-2-2-2-5---5-5-5-5-5-5---4---4-4-4-4-4-4---7---7-7-7-7-7-7--|
E|------------------------------------2---2-2-2-2-2-2---5---5-5-5-5-5-5--|
e|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------7\--------------------------------------|
D|-x-5---x-x-5---x-x-3---x-x-3---7\--------------------------------------|
A|-x-5---x-x-5---x-x-3---x-x-3---5\--------------------------------------|
E|-x-3---x-x-3---x-x-3---x-x-3-------------------------------------------|
Chorus:
Go easy, you know it isn't worth the fight...
e|-0---------------------0--------------------0---------------------0----------------------------|
B|-10--------------------12-------------------10--------------------12-------10-10---9---7-------|
G|-11--------------------13-------------------11--------------------13-------11-11---9---7-------|
D|-12--------------------14-------------------12--------------------14-------11-11---9---7-------|
A|-0---------------------0--------------------0---------------------0----------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|-0---------------------0--------------------0---------------------0------------------------5-5-|
B|-10--------------------12-------------------10--------------------12-------10-10---9---7---5-5-|
G|-11--------------------13-------------------11--------------------13-------11-11---9---7---6-6-|
D|-12--------------------14-------------------12--------------------14-------11-11---9---7-------|
A|-0---------------------0--------------------0---------------------0----------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
This riff plays again over the end of the chorus
e|-----------------------------------------------5-5----------|
B|-------------------------------------10--9--7--5-5----------|
G|-2--2-4--4-6--6-7--7--9h11p9---------11--9--7--6-6----------|
D|----------------------------9--------11--9--7---------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------|
Outro:
e|-5-5---5---5-5-5---5---5-5-5-5-5------|
B|-5-5---5---5-5-5---5---5-5-5-5-5------|
G|-6-6---6---6-6-6---6---6-6-7-7-6------|
D|-7-7---7---7-7-7---7---7-7-7-7-7------|x2
A|-7-7---7---7-7-7---7---7-7-7-7-7------|
E|-5-5---5---5-5-5---5---5-5-5-5-5------|
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| h Hammer-on
| p Pull-off
| x Dead note
| / Slide up
| \ Slide down
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Last Updated: February 10, 2026